Court Renders Controversial ISP Email Decision

KingFishKingFish
edited July 2004 in Science & Tech
A U.S. appeals court has ruled that the vice president of an Internet service provider can't be charged with violating federal wiretapping laws for snooping on e-mail sent to his customers, a decision that will give ISPs and other e-mail providers free rein to spy on e-mail, privacy advocates said.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit's decision Tuesday affirms a district court ruling dismissing a criminal wiretap charge against Bradford C. Councilman, who was vice president of Interloc, a rare book listing service, in 1998. Interloc, since acquired by another company, provided an e-mail service to book dealers who were its customers, and in January 1998, Councilman told employees to write computer code to read incoming e-mail messages from rival book dealer Amazon.com.
Source: PCWorld

Comments

  • CycloniteCyclonite Tampa, Florida Icrontian
    edited July 2004
    Oh, HELL no!
  • KingFishKingFish
    edited July 2004
    This could spell the rise of encrypted email IMO.

    KingFish
  • EMTEMT Seattle, WA Icrontian
    edited July 2004
    If they're storing your e-mail why can't they read it. I don't want them doing it but I'm sure it's in the agreement with your ISP or your Yahoo. If you're really worried about the contents of your mail then yes get it encrypted.
  • EyesOnlyEyesOnly Sweden New
    edited July 2004
    :eek::rant:
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